Unfortunately, anything we do won't make a blind bit of difference to global warming unless every other country also acts. The war in Ukraine probably negates all of our carbon neutral efforts for the foreseeable future. Sorry to be so cheerful!

I can only make a comment of my own circumstances which is:

I own a PHEV hybrid car, I've owned it for a number of years.
The reason I've owned it for so long is that I absolutie love it.
It's very economical and 204 bhp, Torque 350Nm (250lb-ft),

On a long distance towing journey, I set the mode to hybrid,
engage the regeneratie braking and once on the motorway
the adaptief cruise control is set to a comfortable distance from the
vehicle in front of me.
The DSG gearbox and engine management takes care of the rest.

Car companies put a buffer on the batteries so that they are never
overcharged or allowed to run flat.
If ever I don't engage the regenerative braking the car freewheels
much faster and further than anything I've driven before, not
coughing and wheezing with the weight of the batteries.

There is a car out there that has caught my eye, it's the
"Link & co 01" 1.5ltr hybrid

am a great believer in knowledge is power, here are a few places can learn about the electric experience there is more on youtube.

does anyone watch vintage voltage? its on quest. https://www.youtube.com/@vintagevoltage3340/videos
they use the old car and switch out the engine for a electric motor ect. the interesting one was the landrover tested it off road.

electric car wise Andrew Ditton has a webpage about his experience towing yes towing fully electric its here
electrictouring.substack.com/
or the videos
youtube.com/@andrewjditton/videos
copy and paste if interested into your search bar

will look forward to that,
According to the Youtube suggestions it brought up that Toyota are reversing thoughts on electric and developing an engine running on a different fuel
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_q...gine+technology

I go to work in a company where the head honcho lady has got herself an electric BMW. It made me laugh. A giant of a vehicle sold by a company from the worst country for generating their electricity from coal.....

we ended up on 3hr grocery run 4 stores 2 towns, with a rainstorm, got back too late to see it.
like you we do the recycling, n errands in one continuous journey, turn all plugs off t night, we even switched the dishwasher to counter one because uses less power n 6l water 29mins.. how dw is eco running 2 to 3 hrs at 2.5kw 15 plus litres of water, is beyond me.
doing something is better than nothing however,
some are just not earth friendly in their daily lives whom light fires just to socialise beside one, in thinnest of fabric clothing not even jumper, be ok if was a need for cooking or need for heat. bah humbug to pointless fires.
if car is maintained n tyres at correct pressures, smooth tootles, driving fast enough to be able to stop,
rather then the flat to floor throttling, harsh braking scaring other road users, even the car to breathe in even though stopped.
perhaps there be repeat showing sometime of part 1.

BBC have reduced their number of repeats as they want you to use iPlayer instead which is how I am currently watching the program.

Steve

thanks am not an iplayer user as refuses to work with browser.

the reason it happens is folks are plugin in to recharge and forgetting to unplug. the battery gets hot. trickle charging never a good idea with lithium
its best to be about when anything on charge, not sleeping.
dishwashers can also set fire, washing machines can jump out of their gap. hot water can burn, life is a constant risk assessment
we turn all off and unplug when sleeping.

airplanes have had to land due to fire too possible cause batteries.
there is a 6ah for each battery limit that came in for flying.
there is also different levels of lithium battery, some are more safe there's a chart somewhere on interweb

A friend of mine got off a plane recently and realised he had left his phone onboard. When the air crew went back to look they found it had slipped between the seat and back and overheated (as was playing a video), melting the seat material... a near miss.

The fire service expert on tv the other night said don't charge anything overnight - always charge bikes/scooters outside if at all possible and never block escape routes with charging items. Good advice. I bought, a few years ago, a new house with built in Indesit dishwasher. When the service engineer came to fix a fault he said he would never put on a dishwasher overnight or when out of the house! I replaced it with a Bosch.